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"Is Frayne an outlaw?" Holly Ripple asked. "Miss Holly, it takes bad men to cope with bad men on this frontier. If you could hire him, he'd be a whole outfit in himself. Course, a lady like you wouldn't have Frayne's sort around your ranch." ... "Wouldn't I?" When her father dies, sheltered young Holly Ripple gains possession of his vast cattle empire, plagued by rustlers and desperadoes. But she stands firm and soon has earned the reputation of a...
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Falsely accused of murdering Allen Neece, cowboy Brazos Keene had narrowly escaped a lynch mob. With his name at last cleared, Keene discovered that Neece's twin sisters had lost their ranch and were struggling unsuccessfully to run a restaurant. Brazos made a pledge to track down their brother's killers and get the ranch back. So he became target practice for a band of ruthless rustlers. But Brazos also found himself hopelessly in love with both...
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The law nailed him with every murder in the Southwest! And every holdup, horse theft and any other unsolved crime in the territory. But Buck Duane was innocent. He was just too busy ducking to prove it. Then he met the Texas Ranger and found the chance to clear his name. He rode out alone to bring in the vicious Cheseldine Gang. Now he'd ride back for his pardon - or die!
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Traveling with a new name and a new face, Wade Holden, the triggerman responsible for the fall of the notorious Simm Bell gang, rides far and wide carving out the life of a feared and respected gunman. Tired of shooting, riding, and fighting, all he wants now is to settle down on the ranch for a nice, peaceful life. But the Texas Rangers are on his tail in a ride for vengeance, daring Wade to one last fight for his dream - and his life.
6) Black mesa
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Arriving in the desert at the foot of Black Mesa, two men--one hiding from a shady past and the other running from a haunting memory--start a cattle ranch, but a ruthless trader and wild women could ruin their prospects.
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After the Civil War, increasing numbers of white settlers struggled with the Indians for land on the plains - a situation tailor-made for Major Samuel Burkhalter's dreams of personal glory. But Lt. Martin Keefe saw the Major's ambition ruin his father's career, and now it is threatening his own. And Joe Moya's wife and children were killed in a massacre by the Major's troop. Hungry for revenge, Moya arranges an ambush at Rialto Creek.
10) Riders to Cibola
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"Ignacio Ortiz - a Mexican orphan and a runaway searching for his past - lives through eras of intense change, including revolutionary upheavals, two world wars, and the begining of the modern west during New Mexico's last territorial days. As these turbulent events serve as a backdrop to his life, Ignacio's own loyalties will be tested by the passions of his tempestuous employers - the MacAndrews clan." - Taken from cover p.4.
11) The raptors
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Astride his gelding, Deputy Ben Houston made a solitary silhouette riding the stark plains of Kansas. Ahead of him in the vast country rode a gang of murderous outlaws who had slashed their savage way from Montana to Wyoming to Colorado, and now they were shooting up Kansas. Where would the killers strike next? Soon they would have to make a slip-up, and Ben had to be there, anticipating their every move, in order to stop them ...
12) The Havens raid
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Ridge Parkman didn't have much choice about the mission Captain Lott assigned him. It meant getting arrested, breaking out of jail with two bloodthirsty outlaws, and convincing them he was one of their kind. They would lead him to the impenetrable Havens. And if he lived long enough, that was where the hard part of Parkman's mission would begin.
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A PRIZED COLLECTION OF AMERICAN FICTION—FROM AMERICA’S FAVORITE STORYTELLER
This first-rate collection of short stories by the incomparable Louis L’Amour showcases the legendary writer at his very best: spinning a fascinating and wholly authentic set of unforgettable tales. In these extraordinary stories, we meet a man who is forced to defend himself by taking another’s life—and must pay for his...
This first-rate collection of short stories by the incomparable Louis L’Amour showcases the legendary writer at his very best: spinning a fascinating and wholly authentic set of unforgettable tales. In these extraordinary stories, we meet a man who is forced to defend himself by taking another’s life—and must pay for his...
14) Long ride home
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Theo Belk is the quintessential gunfighter: rootless, ruthless, and deadly. In the fierce and lawless Western frontier of 1874 these traits were what was needed to stay alive. Haunted by the ghosts of the men he's killed, there is one man he has set out to destroy... Louis Gasceaux, the man who murdered his parents while a younger Theo watched. But the trail Theo's following is long and bloody... and Louis always seems to stay a few steps ahead. This...
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To a man like Cole Dagget, eight hundred dollars meant a lot of hard hours in the saddle - and just enough to return to Texas, settle down and get married. So when the money was stolen from him in a small-town holdup, there was no way he was going to let the robbers just ride off with it. And he wasn't about to wait for the people of Solitude to form a posse. Riding out alone, Cole couldn't guess that when the posse caught up they would mistake him...
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Jeston Nash bears a striking resemblance to his cousin, Jesse James of Missouri. After killing a Yankee soldier in self-defense, Jeston joins cousins Jesse and Frank to fight in Quantrill's guerilla forces. Later, he rides with the gang as they invent their special brand of bank and train robbery. All the while, Jeston seeks vengeance against Daniel Zanone of the Free Kansas Militia -- the man responsible for the death of his child.
18) Dark trail
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"Ever since the golden spike was driven completing the transcontinental railroad, heavy traffic through Wind River and an influx of strangers have made the jobs of local star-packers Cole Tyler and Billy Casebolt tougher than ever. A gunfight between miners over prostitutes, a soft-spoken deputy U.S. marshal hell-bent on justice, and outlaws with their sights set on the new bank all make things dangerous for the good folks of Wind River. But it's...
19) The marauders
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"With the battle for Texas independence fought and won, and the Union being torn apart by civil war, a new threat has arisen on the border between Mexico and the Republic of Texas. John Henry McAllen hoped his fighting days were over. But when the corrupt sheriff of Brownsville is gunned down by a Mexican ex-soldier, Sam Houston - now the Texas governor - declares martial law. Yet another war is about to erupt, and McAllen's son Gideon is taken captive....